All Virgin Atlantic Airways articles
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NewsVirgin Atlantic secures Heathrow slot-based financing for fleet investment
Virgin Atlantic is to support investment in its fleet through a $745 million financing against the UK carrier’s valuable slot portfolio at London Heathrow. The proceeds from the financing will be put towards improvements such as the refurbishment of its Boeing 787-9s – with new interiors from 2028 – and ...
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NewsVirgin Atlantic operating chief Koster to replace Weiss as CEO
Virgin Atlantic chief executive Shai Weiss will stand down on 31 December 2025 after seven years leading the UK carrier, to be replaced by chief customer and operating officer Corneel Koster.
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NewsSAS long-haul expected to flourish with transatlantic venture integration
Air France-KLM Group believes Scandinavian carrier SAS will be able to expand its long-haul network by capitalising on the group’s three-hub strategy and transatlantic joint venture. Group chief Ben Smith, speaking during a 4 July briefing, said the long-haul aspect of the tie-up between the two sides was “very interesting”. ...
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NewsDelta touts new IndiGo partnership over ‘handful of slots’ exchanged by United and JetBlue
Delta Air Lines chief Ed Bastian asserts that the carrier is unfazed by the recently announced partnership between competitors United Airlines and JetBlue Airways that will focus on New York.
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NewsIndiGo, Air France-KLM, Virgin Atlantic and Delta roll out partnership
IndiGo is looking to expand its partnership with Air France-KLM and Virgin Atlantic – and add Delta Air Lines as a new partner – as it prepares to launch its first long-haul flights to Europe in July.
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NewsVirgin bowed out of UK eVTOL test consortium before split from Vertical
Virgin Atlantic had withdrawn from a project planning to operate test flights of an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft even prior to the carrier’s decision to terminate a relationship with consortium partner Vertical Aerospace, it has emerged.
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NewsVirgin Atlantic to open Korean service in early 2026
UK-based SkyTeam alliance carrier Virgin Atlantic is to open services to the South Korean capital Seoul ahead of the summer season next year.
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NewsProfitability re-emerges as Virgin Atlantic turns in record revenues
UK long-haul carrier Virgin Atlantic is claiming to have delivered on a plan to return to profitability – counting this as profit before tax and exceptionals – for the first time since 2016. It achieved a fully-year operating profit of £230 million ($298 million) and pre-tax profit of £19.7 million, ...
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NewsVirgin Atlantic chief cites decade of 787 engine issues as 2025 plans hit
Virgin Atlantic is marking what chief executive Shai Weiss describes as a “10-year cycle” of issues with its Rolls-Royce Trent 1000-powered Boeing 787-9
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NewsVirgin Atlantic chief still eyes profit return this year
Virgin Atlantic chief executive Shai Weiss continues to be hopeful the carrier can return to profit for the first time since 2016 this year.
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NewsNo wing-walkers present before Virgin 787’s pushback collision with BA A350
UK investigators have determined that a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 was being pushed back without assistance from dedicated wing-walkers when it collided with a British Airway Airbus A350-1000 at London Heathrow. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch points out that the airport’s operator “does not mandate” wing-walkers at the parking bay ...
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NewsVirgin Atlantic to start Riyadh flights and make Accra return
UK carrier Virgin Atlantic is to launch its first flights to Saudi Arabia next summer by beginning services to Riyadh, while also serving Accra in Ghana for the first time in over a decade.
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NewsUK advertising regulator raps Virgin over description of pioneering 100% SAF flight
Virgin Atlantic has become the latest carrier to be rapped over promotional claims regarding the environment, specifically over descriptions of its pioneering transatlantic sustainable-fuel flight last November. The carrier conducted the Boeing 787-9 flight from London Heathrow to New York JFK with its engines powered solely by sustainable aviation fuel, ...
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NewsVirgin trims direct A350-1000 order as it signs for additional A330-900s
Virgin Atlantic appears to have reduced its order commitment for Airbus A350-1000s as it signed for seven A330-900s during this year’s Farnborough air show. The UK carrier originally planned to take 12 A350-1000s – eight on direct order and another four acquired through US lessor Air Lease – through an ...
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NewsVirgin orders seven more A330-900s to complete fleet renewal
Virgin Atlantic has placed a follow-on order for seven more Airbus A330-900s and extended leases on seven Boeing 787-9s with AerCap as part of plans to operate an all new-generation widebody fleet of 45 aircraft by 2028.
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NewsVirgin Atlantic to drop long-standing Shanghai route
Virgin Atlantic will drop its Shanghai service this winter after 25 years as it further cuts its Asia-Pacific network amid the longer flying times necessitated by not being able to overfly Russia.
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NewsVirgin entering codeshares with future SkyTeam member SAS plus El Al and Saudia
SkyTeam carrier Virgin Atlantic has identified the alliance’s newly-recruited Scandinavian operator SAS as a new codeshare partner, and has unveiled codeshares with Middle Eastern airlines El Al and Saudia.
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NewsVirgin 787 transatlantic SAF flight demonstrated emission and fuel-burn benefits: carrier
Preliminary figures from Virgin Atlantic’s transatlantic Boeing 787-9 flight using 100% wholly-sustainable fuel indicate that it cut carbon and particulate emissions by 64% and 40% respectively, based on a lifecycle analysis.
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NewsVirgin Atlantic ‘on course’ for profit return in 2024 after narrowing full-year loss
Virgin Atlantic chief executive Shai Weiss sees the UK carrier returning to profit this year after narrowing its pre-tax loss before exceptional items to £139 million ($175 million) in 2023.
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NewsVirgin expands African reach with Kenya Airways codeshare pact
UK operator Virgin Atlantic Airways is to begin codesharing with SkyTeam partner Kenya Airways, a move re-establishing its presence in the London-Nairobi market.